It THE'DAILY BEE-THURSDAY , JULY 2 , 1885
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. THE BEE PDBLISQ1N ( } CO , ,
E. ROSKWATEU , Hnrron.
A. n. Fitch. Maniwrer Dailr Circalation.
SMITH has created about as big n aen <
nation in Chicago as ho has la Omaha.
\Vr. shall aooa have moro market
louses than wo know what to do wllh.
AFTKH all , thcro ate n great many
strong attachmenta In thla city for the
deputed Smith.
DuniNd the campaign last fall the
democrats wera working for bread and
bnltor , but now they oil want pie ,
THE doafi ot Emperor QWilllam , of
Germany , la ovldontly near at hand.
His death Trill bo n gtJivo political ovcnt
in Europe.
I VICTORY parohoi upon tbo banner of
MiasAda Swool , tha Chicago pension
agont. She vrill bo ] allowed to aorvo ont
the remaining year of her term.
IHvcn the reckless place jobber , Thomas A ,
llendrlcka , drawa the line somewhoro. IIo
will not endorse the application cf his own
.relative ! for ollico. Jlnffnlo E-tprcts.
; < RaBpectfiilly referred to Oaptaln Herman -
man , of Omaha.
MEXK'O has repudiated the Maximilian
debt , a thing which it ought to have done
long ago. The financial readjustment
that has jtut taken placa In that country
will , it k believed , revive its credit
abroad.
IT la with cousiderabla surprise and re
gret tha' ' ' wo natlco that In the national
encampment of ttito militia at Philadel
phia Nebraska la not represented. Nearly
ovary other state in the union fa repre
sented thcro.
Mn. SUEKWIN , of Fremont , the now
candidate for collector of internal rev
enue , accompanied by Mr. Smail , called
on the president. A "Washington dis
patch Bays they were coldly received.
Capt. Herman now wears a broad grin.
GEN. DKUM aaya that Omaha haa the
best paved Directs In the United States ,
which leada the Cheyenne Leader to
remark that the people of Omaha are
now ready to believe that "two heads
ara bettor than one , and that Dum ha3
thorn. "
TJIE Now York World's fund for the
pedestal of the Bartholdi ntatuo now foots
up about § 90,000 , and the probability ia
that by the Fourth of July the required
oum of § 100,000 will have baon raised by
thatpatrloticand , ] enterprising newspaper.
It will ba on event worth celebrating on
the Fourth.
THE Smith family is juat now occu
pying a great deal of the public atten
tion. William Henry Smith , England's
now secretary of war , has baon re-elected
to parliament from Westminster , while
Loyal L. Smith , Omaha's knight of the
carpeted sidewalk , haj boon elected to
the American aaomblyinjCanada. ; } ]
OAIJFOHNIA has very light crops this
year owing to the grasshoppers and other
drawbacks , bat the Sin Francisco papers
have struck an abundant harvest In the
Sprccklea trial. The sugar king , father
of the defendant , la having the speeches
ofhlsattorneyajpublhliad in fall in all the
newspapers , excepting the Chronicle , at
an expense of 825,000. There ia a
wholesale attempt to nugar the jury and
public opinion"
Tun appointment of Hon. J. W.
Savage M government director of the
Union Paclfio will bi received with a
great deal of satisfaction by the people
of the stile , Whllo the olliso Is of no
pecuniary value , except when hell by
heavy shippers or speculators , it Is
nevertheless a compliment which
Jadgo Savage cannot fail to appreciate.
Whether at the present atago Judge
Savage can or cannot remedy the abuses
which have crept into the Union Pacific
ayatom la problematic. Sufiica it to say
that Judge Savage is a man of the high
est Integrity and abova all corporation
influence. While on the bench ho waa
the only judge that wo know of in Ne
braska that did not travel on a railroad
pass.
ACCOIIDINO to Hraihlrcct's , the bust-
ness failures for the first half of 1885 , the
last few days of the six months being CD-
tim&tod , show a decided increase in
number compired with any corresponding -
ing period , The excess over last year )
will be 070 , but the aggregate liabilities
are estimated at only $70,000,000 , against
$124,000,000 in the like part of 1834
Tola ahowj that the number of heavy
concerns which have gone under has
greatly decreased , whllo the list of small
f * llaros has been largely extended. The w
change indicates that the epidemic of tt
ruin la gradually dying out by working w
to the very edge of the commercial eysw
torn. Tha great mercantile and rnanual
factoring centers ar clrea Jy I firing Letter Is' > '
ihan last year. tvt
Ui\B . . . . . . . . . * * 4 ii. i . ;
MANUAL TRAINING.
In Denver last Sunday , Bishop War-
ton , of the Methodist church , preached a
very practical aormon upon the subject
of "Tho Cultured Mind and the Skilled
Hand. " After discoursing at some length
upon mental training , ho demonstrated
by apt illustrations the importance and
necessity of manual training , This ii a
practical ago , which hna to do with the
mastery of material forcer. In the
language of Bishop Warren , "A man
given to abitruct Ideas ii not to bo IK
norod , but wa don't ncod ono such in ten
thonnand people , for wo arc in a workaday -
day world , and wo must do Ua work to
succeed. " Graduates very often gi out
into the world green in practical fnforma
tion , feeling that mon Ilka Professor
Harkness or Profesior Hadley are the
great mon of the ago , whllo
they know very llttlo about Horace
Grooloy , Bell , the telephone man , and
McOormick , who has coined millions by
aondlng hU reapers into nearly
every farm in the country.
Combination of hand and mind b a sue
cess in atern practicality. In Germany
tha imperial family arc all versed in the
tr. dc3. Peter the Great brought great
ness to his empire by his experience in
the ship yarda and shops of other nations ,
The vast improvement In the lut thirty
yoara and the diversifying of industries
have greatly raised the purchasing power
of wages. In thla country etaam does
work for nlno out of every twenty per
sens , leaving nineteen persona free to extend
tend their various capacities in other di
rections , to raise moro money , to roach
( o moro comforts. Ono man can now
raise maat for nlno paopla who cm work
in other trades. Bishop Warren showed
how , by application of intelligence , the
Suez canal could bo utlllzjd to Irrigate
lower Egypt , instead of the natives
spending so much tlmo in dipping from
the Nllo ; and Inw In Mexico City , by
eottlng up windmills , all the ped
dling of water through the streets
could bo avoided and the water cirrlora
put to something oleo moro profitable.
Thla la the ago of material forces which
wo can handle only by practical skill. In
concluding his sermon , the bishop an
nounced his Intention of atarling a man
ual training school in Denver , such as
ho had successfully established In Atlan
ta , Georgia , whore boya wora studying
aud working In shops at the same time.
In a single term boys who wore previous
ly earning forty cants in the cotton Col da
conld earn $1 75 par day in carpentering ,
ami they could BOO that the great toward
of labor lay along the line of practical
efficiency. Great Incomes , said the biah-
op , are no moro In the realms of pnro
intellectuality. The president of Har
vard college and the chief cook of the
Parker house , in Boston , draw the came
salary. The rich man now ia the ono
who grasps successfully the process of
nature. The late Vice President CJQ-
salt of the Pennsylvania Central railroad ,
when asked what college ho graduated
from "Iho railroad
, replied , Pennsylvania
road shops , " and that road has now
adopted the policy of giving young col
lege graduates a thorough course of in
struction in all its shops and all depart
ments of the road till they are fitted to
occupy the highest positions.
The object of the proposed
Denver manual training aihool are : (1) ( )
The intellectual application and de
velopment are not to bo abated ono bit.
The pupils will take two hours dally in
drawing objects sot before them , deline
ating the foatnrrs on paper. (2) ( ) In the
caipjntcr shop , the use of planoa , chisels ,
saws , and other tools , and the putting of
timber together , will bo learned. The
same may bo said of the blacksmith shop ,
and the processes of manufacture there.
Bishop Warren maintained that gradu
ates of such cchools wore bettor than
mechanics without the intellectual train
ing , and after reciting the signal successes
of school * of trades in other cities , ho
made an eloquent appeal for public
recognition in this work. IIo has already
met with gratifying results ao far aa ho
baa proceeded with thla commendable
enterprise. The prominent business men
of Denver recognize the value of such an
institution , and that It will be started on
a good basis and thoroughly equipped
there la no doubt. It is to ba hoped that
some such eminent man as Bishop War
ren will stir up the citizens cf Omaha In
tbo tame manner. While It is true that
wo are about to establish a manual train
ing school on a small ecilo in connection
with our high echool , there Is a demand
for an independent Institution of
this character , such aa la pro 1
posed in Denver and Cleveland ,
and already successfully established in
other cities. The teaching of the hand
In connection with the mind la growing
la favor everywhere , and Omaha , which ,
ranks high In educational matters , should
not bo ono of the very last cities to adopt
thla most useful system of Instruction.
,
THE Missouri law requiring the rail :
road companies In that state to furnish
doable-deck cars for the shipment of )
sheep Is now in effect. In case double-
leek cm cannot bo procured when they
lappon to bo needed , the railroads will
lave to furnish single deck cara without
ncreaslng the rato. This Is a very im-
lortnnt lair , as It gives the wool growers
f Missouri the privileges similar to those a
mjoyed by their competitors In other
tales. They can now reach the mos
mportant markets and compete success
ully with the wool growers of Texas re
Colorado and othar sections of the conn tc
ry without difiiculty. A similar law tcdc
ras introduced In the Nebraska leglsla
tire last winter , but , as waa expected , it
as defeated by the ell'jrls of tbo rail
ay Ubbylats and cappers The Nebraska Si :
jeep growerj aid ubfppera will have tc
bor under a disadvantage for at least do >
royeare wore , when It is hoped another tri [
effort to compel tbo railroads to furnish
double-deck c&rs will bo snccctcfol ,
MAYOR Bovo has soon fit to veto the
pound ordinance , giving as n reason that
anch an ordinance ) would work a hard
ship upon owners of cattle and stock.
Mayor Bojd thinks that cattle and hogs
ought to ran at larga in the etreots of
Omaha , and have the privilege of luxuri
ating In the lawns and gardens of our
citizens. It strikes us that it la about
tlmo that a city of 60,000 people should
cease to bo a cow pnatnro. In many
cities , notably Minneapolis , the fences
have baon entirely taken down , as no
stock is permitted to run at largo. The
outlay for fences ia a very great expense ,
but asldo from this the removal of fences
gives a pleasing cfToot to residence lota ,
Omaha certainly ought to follow suit in
thla matter , but It never can bo douo
until a stringent ordinanca is passed. If
Mayor Boyd should oomo morning find
his beautiful yard full of cows aud hogs ,
ho would probably change his mind on
this question , and favor the passage nf
an ordinance that would put an end to
nuch nuisances.
WE Dropoiitlvoly atsurod by responsi
ble citizens of Norfolk that the reports ,
circulated through the state , represent
ing that thcro was considerable opposi
tion at Nor/oik / to the invitation extended
Senator Van Wyck to deliver the
Fourth of July oration nt that place are
untrue in every particular. There is just
ono person in Norfolk who was dis
gruntled over the action of the committee
that invited Senator Van Wyck. That
person la Dr. Peter Schwonk , but ho lisa
subsided. The extensive preparations
which the people of Norfolk hnvo made
for the senator's entertainment would in
dicate that ho Is saro to meet with a very
cordial reception in spite of the malicious
predictions of certain malicious papers
to the contrary. The fact that three
special excursion trains have been char
tered to accommodate the visitors from
the neighboring towns Insures an im
mense crowd at Norfolk next Saturday ,
oven if it should rain hailstones and
pltchforka.
THE proposition of the Union Pacific
in regard to the bridge over Thirteenth
street Is decidedly In keeping with the
conduct of that company towards Omaha.
Instead of lengthening the bridge to the
full width of the street , It now proposes
to excavate on each side of the atone
abutments to m&ko room for a twelve-
foot sidewalk. Tliia would not remove
the obstructions , and would loava the
street In not much batter condition than
it now la. When the bridge was con
structed over the street , the company
agreed to iongthan it within a certain
time on condition of being g ranted other
privileges. Those privllegea wore granted
and the tima hia long passed , but the
agreement of the company his not been
carried out. The council should insist
upon the Union Pacific keeping its con
tract. Thirteenth street h now ono of the
most important thoroughfares in the city ,
aud it should no longer bo obstructed by
the Union Pacific.
ANOTHER air-lino railroad has been or
gonlzed in Wall street , to run from Now
York to Council Blnfl'a and Omaha.
With five trunk lines between Omaha
and Chicago , and as many moro between
Chicago and Now York , we ought to bo
able to accommodate the t radio for tbo
next twenty-five ycara , but the project
ors cf the new line have evidently a
scheme on hand to build another road
with as little money and as much water
as possible , aud then turn the road over
to the wreckers.
MHS. DUIILKY , who shot O'Dynamito
RoE3& , has been tried and acquitted on
the ground of insanity. Sim waa per
mitted to address the jury , who , in five
minutes , dooldod that she was iijsarre.
The proper place for her now is a lunatic
asylum , although an effort la to bo made
to have her released and returned to
l
England.
POSTMASTER UENEUAI , VI&AS announces
that ho cannot hoar personal applications
for postofliccs during the two weeks fol
lowing the Fourth of July. Wo hardly
thought it would take two weeks for the
P. M. G. to recover from the effects of
celebrating Independence day. Ho pfob-
ibly Intends to lay himself ont on that
aocaslon. 0
GENERAL THAYEII will deliver the
Fourth of' July oration at North Bend.
I'ho citizens of that place are to ba con
gratulated upon having scoured his ser
vices. Ho Is an olcqnent and scholarly
ipoakor , and will no doubt highly enter-
lain his hearers.
TUB reduction of postage , which went
nto effect yoalorday , coming BO soon after .
ho redaction of letter postage to two
onts , will very likely cauao n consider .
able decrease In the gross receipts of tbo
ostoflica department during the coming
roar.
WE have lately hoard a great deal tltl tlH
the prosperity of Los 'Angeles , tltl
California , but when wo road that "there tlb
tlrr
re five hundred empty dwelling houses rr
Los Angeles , " wo begin to think that rrai
ho place has seen its best days. aici aiai
ci
cih
THE governor hai given his roatons for
Qtainlng Dr. Mathowson In the state in- bi
bicc
no asylum , The question ia why cc
oosn't ho give hii reasons for retaining tova 5
ITarden Nobcs of the state penitentiary ! vadl
dlh
h ;
A T JOE paper refers to the departed to
mlth a cu "eccentric merchant , " This th
a nevr name for swindling. Omaha thLe
sa not want noy inoro of luoh occon- Le
cities , at
THE University of Wisconsin hai conferred
forred upon Postmaster Gccotal VI ! ft a
the degree of doctor of laws postal law * ,
wo suppose.
ABKAU&Dl JJINCOJJX ,
Lord orillmtclf find IicnrtcrofOllicra
A. Number of Capital Aiicc-
llOlCF.
Gen , James B. Fry , who was adjutant
general at Washington during Lincoln's
administration , relates In the Now York
Tribune a number of capital anecdotes
of the great president , from which wo
select the following as samples :
I hoard a conversation between Lincoln
and Stanton in relation to the election of
brigadier general. The many applioi-
lions and recommendations were ex
amined and discussed. Lincoln finally
said ; "Well , Mr , Secretary , I concur in
pretty much all you say. The only point
1 make is , that there has got \o bo some
thing done that will bo unquestionably in
the Interest of the Datch , and to tha * .
end I want Schlmmolpfennlg appointed. "
The socrctaryjrcplled , "Mr. President ,
perhaps this Schimtnol-what'a-his-iiamo
Is not as highly recommended as come
other Gorman officers. " "No matter
about that , " said Lincoln , "his name will
make up for any dlfleronco there may bo
and I'll ' take the risk of his ccinlng ont
all right. " Then with a laugh ho re
peated , dwelling upon each oyllabloof the
name and accenting the last ono :
"Schira-mol-pfon niff mast bo aprolntod'
HE PLOWED AKOUND ir.
The vexatious duties of the qanor.il
govornmcut concerning the draft made
demands upon Lincoln's ability not only
In deciding important questions , but in
avoiding decisions when It was not bast
to risk a raptura with alato ofiiclala by
rendering thorn. Upon ono occasion the
governor of a state came to my office
brhtliiiR with complaints in relation to
the number of troops required from his
stale , the details fur drafting the men ,
and the plan of compulsory service in
general. I found It impossible to satisfy
hia demands , and accompanied him to the
secretary of war's office , whence , after a
stormy interview with Stanton , ho went
alone to press hia ultimatum upon the
highest authority. After I had waited
anxiously for Borne hours , expecting im
portant orders or dec'slony from the
pretidont , at least a summons to the
White House for explanation , Iho gov
ernor returned and said with n pleasant
smile that ho was going homo by the next
train and merely dropped in on route to
say good-by. Neither the business ho
came upon nor his Interview with the
president was alluded to. As soon as I
could see Lincoln I Eald : "Mr. Presi
dent , 1 am very anxious to know how
you disposed cf Gov. . Ho wont to
your ofiico from the war department in a
towering rngo. I suppose you found It
necessary to make largo concecalona to
him , as bo returned from you entirely
satisfied. "
" 0 " ho renllod " 1 did not
, no , , con
cede anything. You know how that Illi
nois farmer managed tin big log that lay
in the middle of his field. To the in *
julrlos of his neighbors ono Sunday ho
announced that he had got rid of the big
log. 'Got rid of 111' Bald they. 'How
did you do It ? It was too big to haul ont ,
too knotty to split , aud too wet and sog
gy to barn ; what did you do1 ? 'Well ,
now , boys , ' replied the farmer , 'if you
won't divulge the secret , I'll tell you how
f got rid of it I plowed around it. '
"Now , " said Lincoln , "don't toll any
body , bat that's the way I got rid of
Gov. . I plowed around him , but It
took me throe mortal hours to do It , and
I was afraid every minute ho'd BOO what
1 was at. "
I'ATNO ATTENTION TO HIS SQUEALING.
Lincoln was a good judge of man and
quickly locrned thn peculiar traits of
character in those ho had to deal with.
I recall an anecdpto by which ho pointed
out a marked trait In one of our northern
governors. This governor was earnest ,
able and untiring In keeping up the war
spirit in his state , and in raising and
equipping troops ; but ho always wanted
hta own way , and ill brooked the re
straints impojed by the necessity of con
forming to a general spstem. Though >
devoted to the cans ? , he was at timss ;
overbearing and exacting In his inter
course with the general government.
Upon ono occasion ho complained and
protested moro bitterly than nsucl , and
warned those in authority that the exe
cution of their order. ) in bio state would
be beset by dlfiicaltlco and dangers. The
tone of hlo dispatches gave rlso
to an apprehension that might not coop >
erate fully in the enterprise In hand.
The secretary of war , therefore , laid the
dispatches before the president for ad
vice or instruction ? . They did not dis >
turb Lincoln In the least. In fact , they
rather amused him. After reading all
the papers ho said in a cheerful and re
assuring tone : "Never mind , never ;
mind , these dispatches don't moan any
thing. Just go right ahead. The gov ,
ernor Is like a boy I saw once at the
launching of a ship. When everything ;
was roidy they picked ont a boy and sent
him under the chip to knock away the
trigger and lot ho go. At the critical mo
ment everything depended on Iho boy.
Ho bed to do the job well , by a direct '
vigorous blow , and then lie flat and keep
still while the ship slid over him. The
boy did everything right , bat ho yelled
is If ho was being murdered from the
:
time ho got under the keel until ho got
ont. I thought the htdo waa all scraped
oil his back , bat ho wasn't hart at all.
Iho master of the yard told mo that this
boy waa always chosen for that job , that
bo did his work well , that ho never had
been hurt , but that ho always equcolod
Ia that way. That's just the way with
Sov. . Make up your minds thathe .
is not hart , and that ho is doing the
work right , and pay no attention to his
iqacallng. Ho only wants to make you
jnderotand how bard his task Is , and
.bat ho ia on hand performing it. " Time
jroved that the president' estimate of (
.ho Governor was correct.
LINCOLN ON J1KADE ,
Lincoln watched the operalions of the s
irmios in the field with the deepest In-
orest , tbo keenest insight , and the s
eldest comprehension , The congratala-
ory order whicn Gan , Meada published
o his troops after the battle of Gettvs-
mrg wan telegraphed to the war dopert-
aent. During those days and nights of H
nxlety Lincoln clang to tbo war ofiico , ar
nd devoured every scrap of news as It
amo over the telegraph wires. Ho a !
opid for and expected substantial fruits kibo
rom our dearly bought victory at Gettya- beSt )
nrg , 1 saw him read Gen , Moade'a St
oncratulatory order. When ho came
the sentence about "driving the hi
nders from our cell , " an expression of me
Itappolntment Bottled upon hia face , Ills on
inds dropped upon hia knees , and in
mos of anguish he exclaimed : "Drive dli
10 iuvadera from our soil ! My Gcdl Is Wfl
tat all ? "
[ Mode's great and recruited army had ;
ee4 * beaten or penned up for nlno days Jarr
the swollen Potomac , which they coold j on
i
not crnis , as their pontoons and bridges
had all been destroyed by a raid of union
cavalry , find Lincoln was intensely anx
ious to have Meade attack and dcitroy
and capture them , as ho easily oonld have
done , and thus end the war nnd all of Us
bloodshed and cost. But Mcado waa a
timid , irresolute officer , and let the
opportunity pass away unimproved.
Hence Lincoln's bitter disappointment
and exclamation of aeouy , "My Godl Is
that all ? ' ]
"THERE WON'T BE ANY rra TILL i GET
THERE , "
1 was designated by the cocrolary of
war as a sort of special escort to accom
pany the president from Washington to
Gettysburg upon the occasion of the first
anniversary of the battle of that place.
At the appointed tlmo I went to the
whlto house , where I f'und the prcsl-
dont'a carriage at the door to take him to
the station ; but ho was not ready. When
ho appeared it was rather late , and I re
marked that ho had no llmu to lose in
going to the train. "Well , " said ho , "I
foci about that as the convict in ono of
Illinois towns felt when ho waa going to
the gallows. Aa ho passed along the
road In custody of the shorilF the people ,
eager to see the execution , kept crowding
and puehlng past him. It last ho called
ont : "Boye , you needn't bo in such a
hurry to got ahead ; thera iron't bo any
fun till 1 got there. "
Upon ono occasion , when I was at the
whlto house in the coursa of duty , the
president , after disposing of the matter
In hand , said : "You are in charge of
the appointment office. I have hero a
bushel basketful of applications for offices
In the army. 1 have tried to examine
them all , but they have Increased so rap
idly that 1 have got bahind and may
have neglected somo. I will send them
all to your office. Overhaul them , lay
those that require further action before
the secretary of war , and file the others. "
The bushel basketful of applications came
and wore overhauled. Tnoy were dotted
with notes , comments and queries by the
president. Ono slip of paper which I
handed back to the president with the re
mark that I supposed ho would not care
to have It placed upon the official files
bore a memorandum in his own hand
writing aa follows : "This day Mrs.
called upon mo. She ia the wife of Major
of the regular army. She wants
her husband rnsdo a brigadier general.
She ia a saucy little woman , and I think
she will torment mo till I have to do It.
A. L. " It was not long before that llttlo
woman's husband was appointed n brigj
dlor general.
Tlio Grand Army's New Commamlor.
Boston Herald.
Gen. S. S. Bnrdeito , the now com-
mandcr-In-chief of the Grand Army of
the Republic , wan born at Leicester
shire , England , and was the son of a
British radical , a great admirer of Gen.
Washington , who sent him to what ho
called the paradise of the world ( Amer
ica ) when he was twelve years of age ,
with hia tire Bisters , hia father hoping to
bo aoon able to como himself. Upon ar
rival in this country , ho was bound out
in northern Ohio in the old style , re
ceiving for his work his clothes , board ,
and three months' schooling. Ho went
to Oberlln college , working hia way by
teaching , aud In 183G followed Greeloy's
advlcp and "went west. " Ho went to low * ,
teaching days and studying law nights ,
and In the winter of 1857-08 was ad-
niilled to the bar. At the breaking out
of the rebellion ho offered his services
c
and spent all hia oavlnga in the organlza-
of the Iowa cavalry , being commissioned *
nontenant in Company B. The company
was mustered in 1801 , and with two
others of this regiment were sent to
southwestern Missouri , where it did
good sorvlca agalnsb the bush-
whackerB,03peeIaUythoforcasof Qaantrell
ind lost many mon. At the end of two
pears , run down In hca'.tb , ho was sent to
St. Louis to be mustered ont , but as ho
refused to bo discharged ho waa ap
pointed assistant provoet marshal-general
for the department of Missouri , and hold
the office until the three yoara cf his term
iiul expired. Ho served aftowarda as
United States district attorney for south-
imtern Missouri , was elected to the >
iortyfiut and re-elected to the forty-sec-
nd congress , and would have lad a
hird term , but the district bad been ro-
liatributed and m&do democratic. In
L87-i President Grant , unsolicited , ap-
lolntod him commissioner of the general
and ofiico , where ho remained two yoara.
31s health gave rr&y then , and In 1878 ,
ocovering it , ho resumed the practlco of >
ils profession in Washington , especially
n land matters in the court of claims and
oforo the supreme court.
The general is a largo , fine looking >
nan , weighing over two hundred pounds , :
s about Qvo foot ten inches tall , has
rovrn hair , a Vandyke beard , opliifed
ixproEsloii , and quick glancing oyep. The
tew comrwrador-ln-chlef is llitlo known ,
n Now England , oven omong the dole-
ales of the convonllon. These who are
icqualnlod. commend the choice made
nd extol his ability. Ho Is said to bo
mo of the finest orators in the entire
rand army. This Is considered among
lis constituents as a specially strong point V (
n hia favor.
Norfolk Disgraced ;
'httsmouth Journal ,
The Fourth of July committee at
Norfolk having Invited Senator Van
Vyck to deliver an oration there on the
alion'a anniversary ; It appears that
ertaln politicians thereabouts are rats-
ng on ado over the matter , and are
rjing to keep .people away from the
atherlng on acconnt of this selection ,
tould anything bo moro contemptible
ban this course toward a public man ? w
Vhat has the senator done to arouse ye
uch a sentiment of aversion against tilm
.1m ? those must bo m
Surely mon a ucnr-
y sot cf politicians up that way. Wo saut
oubt not tha worst enemy the country utM
ver had could got a hearing at that M [
lace , but because some of thosa man at
lay have been disappointed In their as- frPt
rations for office , they seek to insult the Pt
reat commoner from Otoe In that mail he
er. It Is quite as much of an honor for ntV
forfolk to have euch a man In Ua midst V
it Is for him to bo invited to speak BO
bore. For a model of intolerance , give ba
Norfolk. up
upDi
Di
8"
'
1'ollco Court.
an
In the police court yesterday mornlnp , an
tatcblnson , aliaa "Chicken Jim , " waa vc >
ralgnod for disorderly conduct. Ho told sal
)
long pitiful story of how ho had been do >
icked out cf doors by a bartender , after Tc
lng beaten on the head , etc. , and Judge
ienberg concluded to release him. fie
fat r
JnlU Rapine , a young woman of frail bu
orals , was fmod $3 and cets for dis < die
derly conduit on the street. dir
Vint Hammil , accused of drunken and ]
sorderly conduct was released , as there poi
is no one to appear egilnst him ,
William Nugent was given fieo lodg- fen
an the city jiil , to-day , having been can
rested by Officer Ma'zs ' for being drunk foriQ
the etreetf. Q
" I'VE ' GOT A NECK. "
The Trial of Thomas Ballarfl for Mnrfler
Coimenccil ,
Tlio fctory of Witnesses. uolatltiK
How Ho Shot Honrj Vcrpnorton ,
to "Bavo the Damon FnuiMy , '
The trial of Thomas Billard for the
murder of Henry Vorpoorten was com
menced yesterday morning , Judge Novlllo
prealding , and the following twelve men
sworn as jurow : 0. F. Munroo , Monis
Morrison , L. B. WIsby , D. 0. Sutphon ,
S. Hawvor , Adolph Seifkon , William
Litoy , S. J. Borgslrom , Henry Sincere ,
Lsanilnc H. Mlckol , Lloyd Jonoi nnd E.
B. Carter.
The Iroublo experienced in securing
this jury haa already bson atstod at aomo
length. Thla of courao follows from Iho
fact that death by hanging is the punish
ment prescribed for Ballard's crlmo , if
found Riiilty aa charged , which charge Ia
that of murder In the first degree. When
court opened at 9 30 o'clcck. the
largo court room waa well filled with
opcctatora , witnesses and friends of the
accused and those who were drawn there
by curiosity.
The prisoner Is a Email ninu , old
enough to bo gray haired and was nearly
alwoyr , moro or lesi filled up with liquor.
Ho alts by his attorneys during the trial
and la nervous.
The a'lato is ably represented by its
prosecuting attorney , Lto S.Eslcllo , who
For thla case has tnken 0. A. Baldwin in
to assist him. Gen. Geo. M. O'Biian ,
Mosea P. O'Brien and Ohaa. P. Blrkctt
appear for Iho defense.
In presenting their case to the jury
yesterday they sot np a plea of imba-
clllty , insanity and Irresponsibility as the
grounds for tluir defense. The testimony
of witnesses for the prosecution ia very
short , positive and pointed , No long
stories are told as is usually the custom
in murder trials.
Dr. Djrrow was the fir&t witness called
to the sland. Dr. Darrow bed known
Ballard since 1878 ; ho know Henry Vor
poorten , also ; ho last saw him the evenIng -
Ing that ho was killed Sunday , the 15th
day of March ; taw Ballard just before (3 (
o'clock that evening pass Bell's drug store
on Tenth street ; witness drove la the
lively barn to put np hia hor.o and had
ocly tlmo to get there when ho received
a telephone message from the St. Janice
hotel that n man had been shot and ho
was wanted ; when Ballard passed the
drug store ho was goiog south towards
the St. James hotel , and was moving In
a soil of dog trot ; when the doctor got :
to the hotel ha found that the saloon
dour wai closed ; ho was taken through a :
hall and In at a rear door ; found Ver :
poorton lying nn the floor behind the ;
bar , with a bullet hole in the centre of
his breast , and dead ; ho probed the
wound to find the direction of the ball ;
found that It had passed through the .
body and lodged in the eplnal column ;
Verpoorton died of this wound , which
was necessarily fatil.
On cross examination , Iho witness tes
tified , that ho saw Ballard as stated ,
about or just before G o'clock on the
avening of March lothsomo ; ono stopped
Ballard In front of Ball'o drug stoio to i
paak with him , but ho put his hands in
ills packet , and started to run acrors tbo
track in front of an engine. A telephone .
messenger waa sent to witness' house but
lie had not yet arrived at homo , and WBD I
sailed from the barn , which ia on Seven
teenth street and St. Mary's avenue ,
ivhoro ho bad gone to put up tis horaos ;
iront from there back to St. James hotel ,
ant couldn't say whether ho wont in lib
juggy or not. Had not eocn Ballard
ilnco that time until this trial com-
noncod. Dr. Darrow made the pojt
nortem examination ; ho didn't S3o the
jail but felt It vrlth his probe ; the char
acter of tbo wound showed what it had
oen made with ; the wound was directly :
hroogh the heart.
Wm. Nelson waa the next witness , uc
le testifiedto ! having been living "a tech
nest everywhere. " Contracting was his ch
mainess : ho know the prisoner and she
mow Verpoortcn ; ha saw him the tlmo
hat ho was killed ; Ballard wta there ; ye
vrerpocrtpn was killed about ten minutes " l
ast G ; did not coo Ballard como intotho lei
uloon ; this witness testified that ho was ye
tandiog by the bar talking to another th
nan , and Vorpoortsn wont behind the hi
ar to commence work ; suddenly hoard hiM
shot just behind him and oavr Ver-
loorton fall ; looked around quickly nnd M
aw Ballard with the gnn ii his hand ; ho th
ook the gun away from Ballird , and hcd an
hard struggle to got it ; Ballard eald ac
hat ho hod to do it to rnvo the Damon bo 9
aznlly , and also said that ho had a good 8l
leek to hang on ; witness put the rovol- tei
cr in his own pocket and half an hour Bn
fterwarda gave it to Mr. Drexel , the foi
oronor ; It waa a British bull-dog reveler - Die
or , about .38 calibre ; when shot Vor- Vc
oortcn was behind the bar. ab
Cross-examined Witnees resides now on i
i Lincoln. Became acquainted with die
tallard last September. Ho didn't BOO wl
tallard pull the trigger to fire the ohot inf
iat killed Vorporten , but s w the smok- po
ig revolver In Ballsrd'a hands with the B '
itizzlo pointed straight out In front of pic
1m. Efforts to rattle the witness wore be
ot successful. ih >
ihBa
At thla point the revolver was brought Ba
ito court and identified.
Charles Alstadt waa called as the next * 1
ilnoss. Ho had lived in Omaha fifteen of
ears , and had known Ballard a long pis
mo. Know Vorpoorten ; ho and the two It.
ion wore working at the St. James hotel ; hia i
iw Verpoorton alive last about ton mlnpo <
tea patt G o'clock , on Iho 10th of noi
arch ; saw Ballard there that evening , (
id saw him jumping back tec i
om the bar ; Vorpoorton was St.
attlng on hia apron behind the bar when mo
o was shot. Ballard waa standing close De
p to the bar and about the center of It ; 151
'crpooiton stood a little ways to the Ba
inth of the counter with his face to the heir
r ; when the ahot waa fired ho threw apr
p his hands , fell over and groaned , wo
allard jumped and said "I've done it as :
id am glad of it. " The witness , Wlhson the 3
id ono or two othera grabbed Ballard for
id struggled with him to get the revolBa !
raw&y ; after they succeeded he again wh
id , " 1 done It , and am glad of it ; 1'vo apt
t a neck" ; ho run np stairs and back mo
wn into the saloon two times before to I
am Pieronnet arrived to arrest him.J M ,
On cross examination the wltnocs loutlnes
id that Balfard and Vcrpcorten had , no Dai
as ho know , always beengocd friends , tto
it ho had hosrd Ballard sty that ho 1
dn't like Verpoertcn. The witneis' had I
root tsatlmony ires not cliauyed. tbo i
Examined by the judge ; heard Iho robefi
rt and emo'Jed ' powder umoko. It v
Samael Stevenson was called. Domyi
idant's attorneys objected to him bubo i
ise his name did not appear on the In hot ,
motion , I re
I'ho witness had resided hero seven moi
years. Ho know Ballard and Vorpoorton :
got acquainted with thorn al the St.
James hotel. Saw Vorpoorton alive , the
last tlmo , on the day that ho was ahol ;
aaw Bailed there alto ; saw Vcrpoorlon <
como down the back stairway into Iho
saloon , and saw Ballard como down off of
the strcol into the saloon , and "tho next
thing I know , " said witness , "Henry
( that was Vorpoortcn's nmue ) wai thai. "
Ballard stood by the bar with one hand
on it. Henry foil down and Ballard
stepped back about two feet. "I throw
my arms around his neck. Three of un ,
AlsUdr , Wilson and I took the re
volver away from him. Ho sold , 'I done
it to save the Dnmon family , ' and slso
( tapping his neck with hla hat ) said , ' 1'ro
got a neck,1" At the close of this wit
ness direct examination the court ( id-
journed until 2 o'clock.
A1TEIINOON SESSION ,
The ciurt reconvened at 2 o'clock , bu
WCB burdened with nemo delay by ono or
two jurymen and the counsel for defend
ant. Samiiol Stephenson continued his
testimony on croiB-exsmlatlon. The day
of the killing ho was in the saloon at 5:30 :
o clock and remained until 8 p. m.
Olnutoad waa there at the Bama time.
The murderer didn't say a word when ho
came into the saloon. Wltnes didn't see
Ballard pull the revolver but did see him
put his hand np on top of the counter
end fire. The bulk of Stcphonion'a cross
toalimony waa in the line of whnt ho tos-
llfiad to directly.
William Boquot testified substantially
as follows : Has lived in the city two
years ; drives a hack ; know Ballard and
also the deceased ; has known Ballarxl
eight years ; saw Vcrpoarlen lust the evening -
ing ho was killed , at the St. James hotel ,
in the saloon ; ho was walking behind -
hind the bar and commenced put- fi
ting on hu sprou ; saw Ballard
at the 10th atroat entrance , nd spoke
to him. Ho answered and followed rno
into Iho Baloon. Witness wont up lo the
bar and called for the drinks. Ballard
walked up to the bar , pulled his gnu ,
laid It up on top of the counter , pointIng -
Ing it at Vorpoorton and fired ; Vurpiortcrt
Ihrow up his hands and fell over dead.
The murderer said ho nhol him lo eave
Iho Damon family. Ho alao topped on
his neck with his hat rim nnd remarked
that ho had a good neck to Bland Iho
ropo. After Boeing three men , whom
witness didn't know then , lake the re
volver from Billard , ho ( witness ) left the
place and went over to the B. it M. de-
por. When Billard stepped back from
the counter ho said , "I've done it , I In
tended to doit , and I'm glad I done it. "
There waa nothing now elicited from Mr.
Bouquet on the crona examination.
Question by ono of the jnrois Which
hand did Mr. Ballard have the plslol
In ?
A In hii right hand.
John F. Bllven wnscalled and testified :
Live in St. Joe now ; was running the
unch counter a1 Iho St. Jaraea last
March ; had made lhat holel headquarters
or two yoara ; Billard was then night
lerk at the St. James and had boon for
wo yoara ; Mr. Damon wni running Iho ' , a
lotol two years ago , and Mr , Smith last \
ilnrcb. Siw Henry Verpoortcn ? ait on
m the 13th day of March ; eaw Bilhud
.ho day btf. . ro lhat in and about the
lotel ; this was Saturday ; on Sunday ,
ibout G o'clock , saw Ballard at the lunch
louutar ; ho looked somewhat excited and
aid , ' I will make a sensation hero ; " 1
etnarkod , ' 'don't do anything raah ,
L'om"ho ; ralsjd his hand and again r -
aarkcd , "jou mark my word , I'll make
big aonsation her ? , this j
hing has gone far enough. " VJ
icon after that I heard a 1
.oho down stairs like somebody fighting ; i
rent down , siw Ifallard and asked him I
ho had done that thing ; ho replied I
oa and am glad of.it ; siw Vorpoorten I
lying behind tbo counter on hla back , I
cad. Ballard was not in any business I
t the time ; Ho hid b ondischarged , but 1
itneBS didn't know nt what tlmo ho hod I
oen dlacharfto J. In the cross cxamlna- , I
Eon , witness testified to ha vine been I
rcll acquainted with bolh Bailer d and 1
rerpcorton , but thpy did not make him I
repository for their secrots. They fre- I
uently wore In his lunch room. When 1
allard made the declaration that ho was < 1
aing to create a big sensation , ho was " $
at excited. Charles OlunaUnd had t
ld Iho witness that Ballard wai din- 1
largod. -I
Ira Smith being cilled as the next 1
itncas , said : have lived in Omaha nlno I
Bars ; have been at the St. Jam03 hotel |
ght yoara ; hnvo known Ballard that I
ng , and know Vorpoortcn about nine 1
lire ; Alox. Damon was proprietor of 1
10 hotel when witness first know it ; ho 1
imsolf was running it last winter under j
lease as its proprietor , Bal'ard ' was in 1
y employ ; I had leased tha promises of i
Irs. Damon ; Ballard WAS discharged on j
10 10th day of March , but was notified j
id paid oft the day before , March 14th , j
id 1 paid him oil' ; I paid him § 50 , and f
was satisfied ; ho also said : "I am j
ad of it because ho , " meaning Vorpor- j
n , "would soon have us both ont. " j
illard had boon night clerk and runner i
r the house ; ho had been thus om- J
eyed at that hotel about seven years J
erpoorton had boon ] there oil' Jand on I
oat eight years. I aaw Ballard early i
Sunday morning after ho had boon i
scharged ; I waa in the room M
hen Verpooilon was killed ; was aland- jm
R talking to a crowd. I beard the re- , m
irl of the pistol , turned , looked and
w Ballard at the bar with a amoklni : j
otol In his hand ; caw Vorporton lying 1
hind ! the bar. Immediately after tha 1
ooting patties took the revolver from 'J
tllard ; notlag had boon sold by Vor- j
lorten ; Ballardaald after the shooting : ,
L'vo got you , you t b , and am glad
It" He also said : "I bought this J
itol to do that with , and I am glad of * JI
I can stand it. " Witness repeated f
remarks to the officer. Henry Ver- j
orton was head bar keeper for the
use.
Cross-examined by Berbott : Verpoor-
was In the service of Damon at the
James hotel several times ; after Da
m's death witness rented the hotel , on
iccmber 15 , from Mrs. Damon ; on the
th of March ho censed to ba proprietor ;
Uard used to bo employed by the
tel ; was occasionally discharged for
reolng ; practically , however , his service s
,3 continuous ; Ballard wai employed W
runner and second clerk ; Verpiorteu ,
bartender , accounted to Mrs. Damon
the receipts at the bar ; generally I
Hard took charge of all the money , I
ilch would bo brought np by Vorpoortou I
on closing the saloon , until the next I
irning ; this arrangement continued up I
the tlmo of Ballard a diicbar e , Maich
On further cross-examination wit- I
33 teslilied that the family of MM. 1
mon did not Una in the hotel , only I
ik their meals there , i
further Croat-examination Ballard J
been drinking immoderately up to , ijJ
day of the fourteenth ; Ballard know ' "
'oreuand that ho was to bo dlsshargod ; ]
vai commoa talk between Ballard and
self that sooner or later thera was tea
a charge in the nunigMcont of tbo
el Ihu 1 was to resign. An noon as
atircd Mr. Boldum advised MM. Da *
n to diictargo Ballard from his posl-
